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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-16
A Model Prayer.

My God, / have never thanked thee
for my thorn. l have thanked thee
thousand times for my roses, but not
once for my thorn. / have been look
ing forward to world where l shall
get compensation for my cross, but l
have never thought of my cross as it.
self present glory. Thou divine love,
whose human path has been perfected
through suffering, teach me the glory
of my cross, teach me the value
of my thorn. Show me that I have
climbed to thee by the path of pain.
Show me that my tears have made
my rainbow. Reveal to me that my
strength was the product of that hour
when l wrestled until the breaking of
day. Then shall know that my thorn
was blessed by thee, then shall l know
that my cross was gift from thee, and
l shall raise monument to the hour
of my sorrow, and the words l shall
write upon it will be these: g 1t was
good for me to have been afflicted. y
Rer. DR.. George Matherson.
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advertisements.
HEARTLEss CRUELTY

1t is to delude poor sufferer into the
belief that some worthless liniment will
cure rheumatism and neuralgia. Honesty
is the best policy i'll the manufacture of
proprietary articles as in all other matters,
and the fact that the proprietors of Athlo-
phoros have never claimed for it even all
its merit would warrant has not little to
do with its wonderful popularity, and the
thousands of grateful testimonials received
by them show that their policy has been
wise as well as right.
Experience has amply demonstrated
that mere outward applications are worth
less. The disease has its seat in the blood,
and any remedy to be successful must deal
with the obstructive acid which poisons
and inhames it.
Athlophoros acts on the blood, muscles
and joints directly. 1t takes the poison
out of the blood and carries it out of the
system; it invigorates the action of the
muscles and limbers the stiffness of the
Joints 1t reaches the liver and kidneys,
cleansing them from irritating substances,
and, if followed up after the rheumatic
conditions cease, it will restore these organs
to regularity and health
Hinsdale n. H. May IS, 1886.
The sale of Athlophoros is rapidly IN
creasing with us and has nearly doubled
in the last month every one who has tried
it seems very much pleased with its effects
and recommends it highly.
WARDEN, JONES Il Co., Druggists.
Manchester, n H., March 15 1886.
Having suffered for some time from
rheumatic difficulty was induced to try
bottle of Athlophoros, and am happy to
recommend the same as sure relief for
rheumatism. ARTHUR b. SMITH.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., liz Wall ST., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is $l00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and soc. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache impure
blood, &c, Athlophoros Pills are unequaled.
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Choking Catarrh.

Have you awakened from disturbed sleep with all
the horrible sensations of assassin cutchng your
throat and pressing the life-breath from your tight
ened chest? Have you noticed the languor and de-
bty that succeed the effort to clear your throat and
head of this catarrhal matter? What depressing
influence 1t exerts upon the mind, clouding the
memory and filling the head with pains and strange
noses How difficult 1t is to rid the nasal passages,
throat and lungs of this poisonous mucus all can
testify who are afflicted with catarrh. How difficult
to protect the system against its further progress
towards the lungs, liver and kidneys all physicians
will admit 1t is terrible disease and cries out for
relief and cure.
The remarkable curative powers, when all other
remedies utterly fail, of SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE
are attested by thousands who gratefully recon-
mend it to fellow-sufferers. No statement is made
regarding it that cannot be substantiated by the
most respectable and reliable references.
Each packet contains one bottle of the RADICAL
CURE, one box of CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an
IMPROVED INHALER with treatise and directions
and is sold by all druggists for sl00.
POTTER DRUG a CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
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by their husbands and sons. These ex-
tracts are sample paragraphs from what
one sees great deal of in the various
papers, and written, we believe, largely
by men. Ones knowledge is greatly
limited by ones experience, and one
is able to judge of the family economy
by what comes to ones notice. That
there are british men, careless of their
wives comforter anybody's else, for
that matter-there can be no doubt;
but such men are by no means con-
fined TO the farming class, nor do they
make up an appreciate minority of
mankind in this country.
Now, from our standpoint as Yer
mont farmer, it is the grossest injus-
tice--not to the farmers only, but to their
wives also--and most intolerable twaddle
to write and publish such stuff as this:
1.-THE husbandman provides more COM
forts for his cows and his favorite horses
than he does for his Wife" Few
farmers ever think of their obligations
to their families" "The mother is not
thought of so much as the cattle" 1t
may be thought smart by some to write
such stuff-that they are thus appear
ing in the light of champions for farm
ers' wives-but they are posing more
noticeably as specimens of monumental
folly and disregard of truth. AS before
suggested, there may be brutes wearing
human form, but they are by no means
confined to one class, or one sex even,
any more than honest people or rogues
are, and the person who thinks they
are is going to wake up sometime to
find himself greatly mistaken. Again,
the statement that " five-sevenths of
the lunatics and imbeciles have been
farmers wives is not true, and the
statistics will not justify such state
ment. There are, no doubt, many in
stances of lack of comforts and con-
veniences about the house which some
times come from carelessness and
inattention, and quite as often from
the economy (perhaps mistakenly of
both the man and wife of the home
who are working to secure a compe-
tence for old age or to crafty the in
stinct for gain which seems inherent to
most people.
We knov this condition of things
does not exist to any considerable eX-
tent in Vermont. We do not think it
does in New England. We do not
believe it does anywhere in America.
There are hardships in the lives of
farmers wives-too much and too hard
work-and we should like to hear from
the women who read these columns
their reasons why it is so difficult TO
secure good help to do housework, and
why there are so few labor-savng de-
vices in use in the kitchen. Let us
hear from you about it.
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chance to save anything for future needs.
OF her brothers, u" some were married, some
were dead" the living ones requiring a
great deal of help from, father, but being no
help TO him. After time the home was
broken up, as all homes must be, and the
little that had been saved all went in one
way and another The girl now a woman
no longer young and strong-is obliged to
make home for herself, and such poor
one to what cit might have been could
she have had what rightly belonged to her!
She just lives on in suffering, waiting for
the time to come when she will go where
the wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest You may think this
overdrawn, but it is not. 1t is too true; and
| know Of other similar cases / do not be-
lieve in woman's rights as far as voting Is
concerned although If women had the
privilege of voting / believe better men
would fill many of our offices-but l do
believe in woman's rights IN the home
A.R.L
From careful reading of our
esteemed correspondents communica-
ton it appears to be more addressed
to particular instance, which may ex-
ist under the writer's personal knowl-
edge, than the setting forth of gen.
eral condition which makes the rule.
We can only say that such has not been
the case in our experience, nor can we
believe it obtains to an extent to make
it the general rule. If it does, it GER
tainly should not-not only as a matter
of care for the child's welfare by the
parent, but as matter of domestic
economy, which would bring about, or
should do so, good and profitable help
in the house at a fair price.
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N(ural ano Religious.
Over the River.

over the river they beckon to me,
Loved ones whove crossed to the farther side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes see,
But their voices are lost in the dashing tide.
There's one with rnglets of sunny gold
And eyes the reflection Of heavens own blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view
We saw not the angels who met him there
The gates OF the city we could not see:
over the river, over the river,
My brother stands waiting to welcome me-
over the river the boatman pale
Carried another the household net;
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie! see her yet
She crossed on her bosom her dmpled hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We felt it glide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the farther side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be:
over the river, the mystic river
My childhood's idol is waiting for me-
For none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars
And catch CLEAN of the snowy sail,
And lol they have passed frem yearning hearts
They cross the stream and gone for aye.
We may not sunder the veil apart
That hides from our vision the gates of day;
We only know that their barks
May sail with us DER life's stormy sea;
Yet somewhere, know, on the unseen shore
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
And sit and think, when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound of the boatman's oar;
shall watch for CLEAN of the Tapping sail,
shall hear the boat as 1t gains the strand,
shall pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the better shore of the spirit land.
shall know the loved who have gone before
And joyfuy sweet will the meeting be
When over the river, the peaceful river
The angel of death shall carry me.
Nancy WoOdbury Priest.
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NOTICE.-Taken by virtue Of an execution to
~ me directed in favor of {. G. Haskell, guardian,
against Ira g. Jewell the following real estate stu
ated in the town of Woodbury., in the County of
Washington and State of Vermont, described as fol
lows, to wit Fifty of Lot Number Sixteen (6)
in Chamberlin's Survey, in said town of Woodbury.
situated east of the stage road leading from Wood
bury Center to East Calais and bounded on the north
by a farm owned by q. A, Daniels and wife, on the
east by land owned by Caleb Sabin, the south by
land owned by Caleb Sabin and by land owned by l..
w Haskell, and on the west by the highway leading
from East Calais to Woodbury. Center. said land
being occupied by the said Ira q. Jewell. Also
acre of land of Lot Number Twenty-eight (2s),
In James Survey, bounded ON the north by land
owned by Ira g. and Della L. Jewell, on the east by
the highway leading from East Calais to Woodbury.
Center, on the south by the highway leading from
the church to the in the village of South
Woodbury. and on the west by land owned by Nathan
Wheeler. Said last described parcel of land is now
occupied by the said Ira G. Jewell Also seven acres
of land of said Lot Number Twenty (2S),
bounded on the north by land ownedby X. v. Lance;
ON the east by the highway, ON the south by land
owned by II; NJ; Pray and on the west by land owned
occupied by the said Ira g. Jewell, And all Of the
aforesaid real estate will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder at the store of George Lance N
said Woodbury., on the second day of April, ID.
1857. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon said day, to
satisfy said execution and costs.
Dated at Woodbury., in the County of Washington,
this first day of February, AID, 1887.
II. f. DRENAN, Constable for Woodbury..
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advertisements.
Initiated Blood
ScrOfulOus, Inherited and Con-
tagiOus HumOrs Cured
by Cuticura.

THROUGT the medium of one of your books re-
i ceived through Mr. Frank T. Wray, Druggist.
Apollo, Pa, became acquainted with your CUTI-
CuRA REMEDIES. and take this opportunity to tes-
tify to you that their use has permanently cured me
of one of the worst of blood poisoning I'm con
nection with erysipelas, that have ever seen and
this after having been pronounced incurabe by
of the best ply sicians I'm county. take great
pleasure in forwarding to you this testimonial. I'M
solicited rs 1t is by You in order that others suffer
ing from similar maadies may be encouraged to
give your CUTICURA REMEDIES n trial
L. s. WHITLINGER, Leechburg, Pa.
Reference: FRANK +. WRAY, Druggist, Apollo Pa,
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SCROFULOUS ULCERS.

James T.. Richardson, Custom-house, New Orleans
on oath says: In 1870 Scrofulous Ulcers broke out
on my body until was a mass of corruption. Every
thing known to the medical faculty was tried In
vain became mere wreck. At times could not
lift my hands to head, could not turn in bed was
IN constant pain, and looked upon life as a curse
No relief or cure in ten years In 1850 heard of the
cured"
Sworn to before U. S. Com. j. d. CRAWFoRD
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ONE OF THE WORST CASES.

We have been selling your CUTICURA REMEDIES
for years and have the first complaint yet to recev,
from a purchaser. One of the worst cases of Scrof
ula ever cured by the of five bottles Of
CUT1CURA REsoLvENT, CUTICURA and CUTICURA
SOAP. The Soap takes the cake " here me
dicinal soap.
TAYLOR & TAYLOR, Druggists Frankfort Kan
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"I'M glad Billy had the sense to
marry settled old maid, ;" said Grandma
Winkham at the wedding. Goals is
hity-tity and widders is kinder over
ruin and upsettin'. Old maids is
kinder thankful and willing to please"
Christian at Work.
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DRUGGISTS USE THEM.

We have obtained satisfactory results from the
use of the CUTICURA REMEDIES in our own family,
for diseases OF the skin and blood The demand for
them grows as their merits become known.
MACMILLAN Il co. Drnpplsts. atrnhe. Pa.
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SCROrULOUS, INHERITED

And Contagious HumOrs, with Loss of Hair ant
Eruptons of the Skin, are positively cured by CUTI
CURA and CuT1CURA SOAP externally, and CUTI
CURA REsoLvENT internally, when all other medi
cines fail Send for Pamphlet.
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Mr.. Hopkins Pigs.

Mr.. Hopkins was so funny and so
kind and so wise that everybody liked
him. The children of Kerrycook
thought there could be no stories In the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-16
The Eleventh Hour.

''The thief on the cross was saved
at the eleventh hour, you know"
This is often said to us by those who
are quitting off," 1t is quite true that
one thief was saved at the eleventh
hour, but it is equally true that the
other thief was lost at the same hour.
People do not take account of this.
But even keeping the lost thief out of
sight, we see nothing in the case of the
one who was saved to encourage pro-
crastination. He was late, certainly,
but there is no evidence to show that
he had ever put off salvation. On the
other hand, the probability is, from the
circumstance of his wild life, that he
had never before had the chance of re-
iecting Christ. That marks mighty
difference between him and so many in
our midst who are from day to day shut
ting the Son of God out of their hearts.
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CIJTICJJRA REMEDIES

are sold everywhere. Price: CUT1CURA, the Great
Skin Cure, fifty cents; CuTICURA SOAP, an Ex-
qusite Beautifer, twenty-five cents; CUT1CURA RE-
SOLVENT, the New Blood Purifier, Sl00. POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
plMPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes and Baby
] IW Humors. Use CUTICURA SOAP
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HOW MY SIDE ACHES

- From the bench and the counter, from
4, the loom and sewing machine goes up
IVA " the cry of pain and weakness. Aching
wv Sides and Back Kidney and Uterine
Wh Pains, Strains and Weakness, Coughs,
3SH-tA Colds and Chest Pains, and every Pain
and Ache of daily toll relieved in one minute
by the Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster. New, ele-
giant and infallible At druggists. 25 cents; five for
sl.0O, or of Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston,
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A GREAT battle is continually going
on in the human system. The demon
of impure blood strives to gain victory
over the constitution, to ruin health, to
drag victims to the grave. A good re-
liable medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the weapon with which to defend
ones self, drive the desperate enemy
from the field and restore peace and
bodily health for many years. Try this
peculiar medicine.
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Constipation

Is a universal and most troublesome dis.
order 1t causes Headache, Mental De.
preston, impairs the Sight and Hearing
destroys the Appetite, and, when long
continued, causes Enlargement of the
Liver, Inflammation of the Bowels, and
Piles. Constipation is speedily cured
by Ayers Pills.
For a number of months was
troubled with Costiveness, in conse-
quence of which | suffered from Loss of
Appetite, Dyspepsia, and disordered
liver. My eyes also troubled me. | was
compelled to wear shade over them,
and, at times, was unable to bear eX-
posure to the light. was entirely
CURED BY USING
three boxes of Ayers Pills. I have no
hesitation in pronouncing this medicine
to be the best cathartic ever made
James Eccles, Poland, Ohio.
suffered from Constipation, and, con-
sequently, from Headache, Indigestion,
and Piles, for years. Ayers Pills, which
took at the suggestion Of friend, have
given me effectual relief. l commenced
taking this remedy two months ago, and
am now free from Constipation, the re.
moval of which has caused my other
troubles to disappear, and greatly i'm
proved my general health. w. Keller,
Amherst. Mass.
l suffered from Constipation, which
assumed such an obstinate form that /
feared it wonld cause stoppage OF the
bowels. Two boxes of Ayers Pills cured
me, completely. ID. Burke, Saco, Me.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by DR.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass,
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine,
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CURED BY USING
Ayers Pills,

Prepared Ivy DIR. j. c. Aver & Co, Lowell, Mass
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
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.,n,n.,;,;on with its manufacturers and
mechanics.
Committee on CoxxERcn.
ByMr. Grindle of Mt Desert-reti'ion "
incorporate Norwood's Cove Dam anu '''
Company.
COMMITTEES OK TEMPERANCE.
Nv Mr.. Corson Of New Sha-on-Petition
If Rev. Jonas Burnham and 293 others VI
Pennington for additional penalties OF la" u
suppress the liquor traffic g
By Mr.. Wakefield of Bath-peii'ion OIL
lS.F Dixie and 40 others for adoiuonAi 'A"
TO suppress liquor traffic.
COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS
Rv Mr.. Packard Of Hebron-Petition OF
lanes L Holden of Oxford for pension.
COMMITTEES ON TOWNS.
Remembrance If b. F. Fuller, William
Grant. l. w. G>od>need and 37I others
against the division of the town OF ri''s'o"'
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Rv Mr.. Cook of Standardization of N.
W. Mitchell Post G A. r.. for appropriation
f,r Ca,rvsburg Battlefield Memorial Associa
ton. -
By Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan-Petition OF
Seth Ru.sel Post, G r of Skowhegan,
that towns be authorized to raise money 10
nav EXPENSES of Memorial Day. Also petition
If T.. j. Folsom and sol others of Skowhegan
for appropriation IN aid Of Gettysburg
Memorial Association,
COMMITTEES on CHANoE OF NAhE.
| By Mr.. Condor of Friendship-bhi an
act TO change the name of Draper Asrshaii'
| COMMITTEES ON RAILROADS. TELEGRArHs AND
EXPRESSES.
Bv Mr. Fogg of DECENTRALIZATION OF D;
| l.. Larrabee and others of Portland ana
Scarboro, tor charter for railroad from Scar
coro Beach Station t. Prout's Meek.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
! By Mr. Marble of Harmony-Petition OF
Charles Bailey of Harmony and 46 others IN
regard to better protection of sheep from
dogs. in the interest of sheep husbandry,
By Mr.. Libbev of Standardization of A..
Richardson and 40 others of Clinton, IN re-
lation to same.
Committee ON STATE LANDS AND STATE
ROADS.
By Mr.. Boynton Of Lexington Petitions
of the County Commissioners of Somerset
county. and of S. Newton and l35 Others for
an appropriation flr the county road leaolng
from the Forks to the Canada line.
MIR. Allen of Alfred presented the p iiton
of Rufus p. Taplev and 62 Others for ar act
10 establish a fixed salary for the Clerk of
Courts in York county, with accompanying
bill referred to the York county delegation
READ AND ASSIGNED.
Bill an act to amend sec. Al chap. 81 of the
revised statutes, relative to liens on animals
for pasturage, food aud shelter; blouse doc
um.nt No. s J; bill al act to supply the town
of Presque Isle with pure water.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
Bill an act amending chap. 81, sec. lO3,
relating to the limitation of actions.
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Taree-fourth- of our people are troubled
with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint in some
form or other, which by nature of the disease
has depressing influence on the mind or
body, preventing them from thinking or act
ing clearly IN any matter of importance
Indigestion, coming up of food after eating,
dyspepsia, sick headache. acdity of the
stomach or any derangemen. of the
stomach or liver upon which the whole &C,
ton of our system depends) are speedily
and effectually overcome by the use of Green
August Flower. The most stubborn cases
have Welded to its influence, as thousands OF
letters received will testify. The immense
sale of this medicine is another guarantee of
its merits, lover a million and a half bottles
sold last year, So we ask, will it pay YOU
To suffer from Snv of the above diseases
when you can have immediate relief in Aug.
ust Flower. Three doses will prove its
worth. 1t is sold by all druggists and gen
eral dealers in all parts OF the world.
Oct9i&wlvnrchwky
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The latest reports as to the political
complexion of the House of Representa-.
tives OF the fiftieth Congress give the dem
ocrats a clear majority of eleven, with the
probability of this being increased by
the votes of two or three labor members.
In the present House the Democrats have
II majority of fortyfive. The diminish
Ing faith OF the people in the democracy
is shown by the steady reduction of dem
ocratic majorties in the House. In the
forty eighth Congress the majority was
seyentytive; in the present Congress it is
forty-fve and in the next Congress it will
range around bakers dozen. 1t does
not need any gift of prophecy to toretel'
that this will be wiped out in 1888.